Ken Maynard
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Kenneth Olin "Ken" Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor.
Maynard served in the United States Army during World War I. After the war, Maynard returned to show business as a circus rider with Ringling Brothers. When the circus was playing in Los Angeles, California, actor Buck Jones encouraged Maynard to try working in the movies. Maynard soon had a contract with Fox Studios.
He first appeared in silent motion pictures in 1923. Maynard's work included stunt performance. His horsemanship and rugged good looks made Maynard a cowboy star. He and his white stallion, "Tarzan," became famous. His two recorded songs with Columbia Records, "The Lone Star Trail" and "The Cowboy's Lament," made him one of the first of the singing cowboys. Maynard moved to Universal Studios, where he made his first films with a musical soundtrack. He sang two songs in Sons of the Saddle in 1930.
In 1931 and 1932, Maynard worked for Tiffany Productions and Sono Art-World Wide Pictures before moving back to Universal in 1933. Maynard played several musical instruments, and was featured that year on the violin in The Fiddlin' Buckaroo, and on the banjo in The Trail Drive. Maynard moved to Mascot Pictures in 1934.
Maynard appeared in more than ninety films in twenty years with his white cowboy hat, fancy shirt, and a pair of six-shooters, but alcoholism so severely affected his life that his acting career ended in 1944. He made appearances at state fairs and rodeos. He owned a small circus operation featuring rodeo riders but eventually lost it to creditors. His substantial wealth had vanished, and he lived a desolate life in a rundown trailer. During these years, Maynard was supported by an unknown benefactor, long thought to be Gene Autry. More than twenty five years after his last starring role, Maynard returned to the screen two small roles, in 1970 and 1972, the more notably in The Marshal of Windy Hollow.
Maynard died of stomach cancer in 1973 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, California. He was interred at Forest Lawn Cypress Cemetery in Cypress, California.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ken Maynard has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Blvd.
Acted in
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
The Marshal of Windy Hollow
1972
as Texas Ranger
Bigfoot
1970
as Mr. Bennett
Harmony Trail
1944
as Marshal Ken Maynard
Arizona Whirlwind
1944
as Ken Maynard
Westward Bound
1944
as Ken Maynard
Death Valley Rangers
1943
as Ken Maynard
Blazing Guns
1943
as Marshal Ken Maynard
The Law Rides Again
1943
as U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard
Wild Horse Stampede
1943
as Marshal Ken Maynard
Lightning Strikes West
1940
as Lightning Ken Morgan
Phantom Rancher
1940
as Ken Mitchell
Death Rides the Range
1939
as Ken Baxter
Flaming Lead
1939
as Ken Clark
Six Shootin' Sheriff
1938
as Jim 'Trigger' Morton
Whirlwind Horseman
1938
as Ken Morton
Trailing Trouble
1937
as John 'Friendly' Fields
Boots of Destiny
1937
as Ken Crawford
The Fugitive Sheriff
1936
as Ken Marshall
The Cattle Thief
1936
as Ken
Avenging Waters
1936
as Ken Morley
Heroes of the Range
1936
as Ken Smith
Heir to Trouble
1935
as Ken Armstrong
Lawless Riders
1935
as Ken Manley
Western Courage
1935
as Ken Baxter
Western Frontier
1935
as Ken Masters
Mystery Mountain
1934
as Ken Williams
In Old Santa Fe
1934
as Ken aka 'Kentucky'
Smoking Guns
1934
as Ken Masters
Honor of the Range
1934
as Sheriff Ken / Brother Clem
Wheels of Destiny
1934
as Ken Manning
Gun Justice
1933
as Ken Lance
Fargo Express
1933
as Ken Benton
Strawberry Roan
1933
as Ken Masters
The Trail Drive
1933
as Ken Benton
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
1933
as 'Fiddlin'
King of the Arena
1933
as Captain Ken Kenton
The Lone Avenger
1933
as Cal Weston
Phantom Thunderbolt
1933
as Thunderbolt Kid
Drum Taps
1933
as Ken Cartwright
Tombstone Canyon
1932
as Ken
Haunted Gold
1932
as Tim Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
1932
as Self
Between Fighting Men
1932
as Ken
Come On, Tarzan
1932
as Ken Benson
Dynamite Ranch
1932
as Blaze Howell
Whistlin' Dan
1932
as 'Whistlin' Dan Savage Posing as Ed Black
Hell-Fire Austin
1932
as Ken 'Hell-Fire' Austin
Texas Gun Fighter
1932
as Bill Dane
The Sunset Trail
1932
as Jim Brandon
The Pocatello Kid
1931
as The Pocatello Kid / Sheriff Jim Bledsoe
Branded Men
1931
as Rod Whitaker
Range Law
1931
as Hap Conners
The Arizona Terror
1931
as The Arizonian
Alias: The Bad Man
1931
as Ranger Ken Neville
The Two Gun Man
1931
as 'Blackie' Weed
Fighting Thru
1930
as Dan Barton
Sons of the Saddle
1930
as Jim Brandon
Song of the Caballero
1930
as Juan Posing as El Lobo
Mountain Justice
1930
as Ken McTavish
The Fighting Legion
1930
as Dave Hayes
Lucky Larkin
1930
as 'Lucky' Larkin
Parade of the West
1930
as Bud Rand
Señor Americano
1929
as Lieutenant Michael Banning
The Wagon Master
1929
as The Rambler
The California Mail
1929
as Bob Scott
The Lawless Legion
1929
as Cal Stanley
The Royal Rider
1929
as Dick Scott
Cheyenne
1929
as Cal Roberts
The Phantom City
1928
as Tim Kelly
The Glorious Trail
1928
as Pat O'Leary
The Code of the Scarlet
1928
as Bruce Kenton
The Upland Rider
1928
as Dan Dailey
The Canyon of Adventure
1928
as Steven Bancroft
The Wagon Show
1928
as Bob Mason
Gun Gospel
1927
as Granger Hume
The Red Raiders
1927
as Lieutenant John Scott
The Devil's Saddle
1927
as Harry Morrel
The Land Beyond the Law
1927
as Jerry Steele
The Overland Stage
1927
as Jack Jessup
The Unknown Cavalier
1926
as Tom Drury
Senor Daredevil
1926
as Don Luis O'Flaherty
Haunted Range
1926
as Terry Bladwin
The Grey Vulture
1926
as Bart Miller
North Star
1925
as Noel Blake
Fighting Courage
1925
as Richard Kingsley
The Demon Rider
1925
as Billy Dennis
Janice Meredith
1924
as Paul Revere
$50,000 Reward
1924
as Tex Sherwood
Somebody Lied
1923
Cameo Kirby
1923
as (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
1923
as (uncredited)
The Man Who Won
1923
as Conroy
Brass Commandments
1923
as (uncredited)
